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Sicilian tax court upholds cancellation of €560,000 assessment over bar gaming terminals

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Sicily’s tax appeal court rejected the state monopolies agency’s appeal and upheld the cancellation of an assessment worth about €560,000, including gaming and betting taxes and sanctions. The court cited a Constitutional Court ruling and said the agency had not proved that gambling activity or taxable revenue took place at the bar.

The ruling limits tax assessments based solely on terminals’ capacity to access online gambling sites.

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Sicily tax court annuls betting-tax assessment worth hundreds of thousands of euros

Sicily’s second-instance tax court accepted an appeal and annulled an Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency assessment for single betting tax against a company operating in Alcamo. The assessment was for several hundred thousand euros, and the ruling reversed the first-instance judgment. The dispute followed a final criminal acquittal of the claimant on an allegation of unauthorised betting collection.

Sicily's second-instance tax court has upheld an appeal brought by Palermo lawyer Valentina Castellucci. The court fully annulled an Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency assessment for single betting tax, issued against a company operating in Alcamo and worth several hundred thousand euros. The decision reverses the first-instance judgment.

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